TNPSC Current Affairs April 09, 2020

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs April 09, 2020 (09/04/2020)

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Topic: General Administration, Profile of States, Latest Diary of Events

National Wildlife Board

National Wildlife Board issues final nod for Mumbai-Nagpur highway amid lockdown. The approval was given via video-conferencing.

Background:

The 701-km Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg connecting Mumbai and Nagpur covering 10 districts, 26 talukas and 392 villages, will reduce the existing travel time of 15 hours to eight hours.

The project will require felling of over one lakh trees and passes through the 10-km eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Katepurna and Karanja Sohal Blackbuck wildlife sanctuaries towards one end of the state while cutting through the ESZ of Tansa lake sanctuary closer to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

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Topic: Mass Communication, Latest Diary of Events

Online training platform- iGOT

The Department of Personnel and Training launches online training platform- iGOT in the fight against COVID-19. The platform is called iGOT — Integrated Government Online Training.

What is it for?

It offers online training for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hygiene workers, technicians, Auxiliary Nursing Midwives (ANMS), central & state govt. officers, civil defence officials, various police organisations, National Cadet Corps (NCC), Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Service Scheme (NSS), Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Bharat Scouts & Guides (BSG) and other volunteers to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Topic: World Organizations, Latest Diary of Events

UN Peacekeeping

UN chief Antonio Guterres has suspended the rotation and deployment of peacekeepers until June 30 to mitigate the risk of transmission of the novel coronavirus.

What is peacekeeping? It’s significance?

United Nations Peacekeeping is a joint effort between the Department of Peace Operations and the Department of Operational Support. Every peacekeeping mission is authorized by the Security Council. The financial resources of UN Peacekeeping operations are the collective responsibility of UN Member States. According to UN Charter every Member State is legally obligated to pay their respective share for peacekeeping.

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Topic: Historical Diary of Events, Profile of States

Wonder Chicken

The oldest fossil of a modern bird, dating from the age of dinosaurs, has been discovered. The tiny fossil is nicknamed the “wonder chicken”. It was found in the limestone of Sint-Pietersberg near Maastricht at Netherlands.

It dates to more than 66 million years ago. This is one of the best-preserved fossil bird skulls of any age. The fossil provides the best evidence yet of when and how the earliest ancestors of today’s birds evolved. Maastricht became well known through the Maastricht Treaty and as the birthplace of the euro in 1992.

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Topic: General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)

ICCR celebrated its 70th foundation day on April 9. ICCR was founded in 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Independent India’s first Education Minister. It is an autonomous organisation.

ICCR has been assigned the responsibility of facilitating the celebration of the International Day of Yoga by Indian Missions/Posts abroad since 2015.

Objectives:

To actively participate in the formulation and implementation of policies and programs pertaining to India’s external cultural relations.

To foster and strengthen cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and other countries to promote cultural exchanges with other countries and people, and to develop relations with nations.